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"the optic pathway" or "the visual cortex"

"Although sound information used to generate a spatial map doesn’t travel down the optic pathway, it shows up in the visual cortex, the part of the brain responsible for processing visual information for visual experience."

Re: "the optic pathway" or "the visual cortex"

Originally Posted by Odessa Dawn

"Although sound information used to generate a spatial map doesn’t travel down the optic pathway, it shows up in the visual cortex, the part of the brain responsible for processing visual information for visual experience."

Does the underlined part give more detail about the optic pathway or the visual cortex?

Come on, OD, you should be able to work that out. Which seems more likely to you?

Re: "the optic pathway" or "the visual cortex"

Originally Posted by Odessa Dawn

"the optic pathway"

Given that the underlined part is separated from the words 'the optic pathway' by the clause 'it shows up in the visual cortex', and that it is separated from the words 'the visual cortex' by only a comma, this seems an almost perverse choice.

This is even more true if you knew, or had looked up in a dictionary, the word 'cortex'.

Re: "the optic pathway" or "the visual cortex"

Originally Posted by Odessa Dawn

"Although sound information used to generate a spatial map doesn’t travel down the optic pathway, it shows up in the visual cortex, the part of the brain responsible for processing visual information for visual experience."

Does the underlined part give more detail about the optic pathway or the visual cortex?

Originally Posted by 5jj

Come on, OD, you should be able to work that out. Which seems more likely to you?

Originally Posted by Odessa Dawn

"the optic pathway"

Originally Posted by 5jj

Given that the underlined part is separated from the words 'the optic pathway' by the clause 'it shows up in the visual cortex', and that it is separated from the words 'the visual cortex' by only a comma, this seems an almost perverse choice.

This is even more true if you knew, or had looked up in a dictionary, the word 'cortex'.

Re: "the optic pathway" or "the visual cortex"

Originally Posted by Odessa Dawn

"Although sound information used to generate a spatial map doesn’t travel down the optic pathway, it shows up in the visual cortex, the part of the brain responsible for processing visual information for visual experience."

Re: "the optic pathway" or "the visual cortex"

Originally Posted by emsr2d2

If you remove the word "Although" and put a full stop after "pathway", starting a new sentence with "It shows ..." does that help?

"AlthoughsSound information used to generate a spatial map doesn’t travel down the optic pathway,. iIt shows up in the visual cortex, the part of the brain responsible for processing visual information for visual experience."